Improvement in sausage-stuffers



H. J. BAOHTEL. Sausage-Stuff.

No. 204,521. Patent'ed June 4,1878.

V x T a QMX 50 N-PETEES, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

U IT JS STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM J. BAOHTEL, OF MCDONALDSVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAUSAGE-STUFFERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,521, dated June4,1878; application filed August 4, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM J. BACHTEL, of McDonaldsville, in the countyof Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sausage-Stuffers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The nature of this improvement in sausagestuffers consists in making aheart-shaped casin g vertically divided into two sections to permit aready access to the interior of the case for cleansing the same, or forother purposes, the said sections being bolted together when the machineis in operation.

The invention relates, also, to an improved mechanism for forcing thecut meat from the easing into the skins, said mechanism consistin g of aseries of scrapers hinged to a crankshaft, the axis of whose rotation iseccentric to the casing.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the interior of onehalf of the casing and ofthe hinged scrapers. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the exterior of the otherhalf of the casing; and Fig. 3 is a view of the devices for bolting thesections of the casing together.

In the drawings, A A represent the casing, which is substantiallyheart-shaped in side elevation, and is dividedvertically into two halvesor SBOtiOHSfZLS shown. It is supported upon suitable legs B B, which areso disposed as to bring the longer diameter of the easing into a nearlyvertical position when it (the casing) stands upon said legs.

At or near the upper or opposite end of its longer diameter the casin gis provided with a mouth or funnel, O 0, through which the cut meat isfed. D is the nozzle or exit, through which the meat is forced from theeasing into the skins. E E are lugs or ears attached to the perimeter ofone section of the casin g, each having a central perforation, e. E Eare lugs or ears, each having a central slot, e, and are attached to theother section of the casing at points corresponding to those of lugs EE. F is a bolt screw-threaded at one end, and having a head, F, at theother.

When it is desired to fasten the parts of the casing together, the headsF of bolts F are placed in slots 6', the screw-threaded ends passingthrough the lugs E, in which position the bolts are secured by nuts F.

This construction enables me to readily take the casin g apart forcleansing or for other purposes without necessitating the removal of thenuts F from the bolts, as the slots 0 allow a ready disengaging of theends F from lugs E, thus freeing the parts of the casing from eachother.

G is a shaft mounted in'bearings g, the axis of its rotation beingeccentric to the casingA A. H H are three or more radial arms attachedto and rotating with the shaft G. I I are curved scrapers hinged at t ito arms H H. These scrapers are of equal length and of a width equal tothe distance between the interior faces of the lateral Walls of thecasing. They are constructed upon arcs of the same circle substantially,and are hinged at equal distances from the shaft Gr. Hence it will beseen that when closed they will describe a cylinder, which can rotatewithin the casing, but eccentric thereto.

The arms H H are so shaped and attached to the shaft G as to form witheach other and with the scrapers I l substantially elliptical spaces, asshown at h h, which spaces, while the machine is in use, will be filledwith meat, furnishing a yielding or cushion-like surface and core forthe scrapers to press against as they force out their respectivecharges; and it is evident that the scrapers will be thus enabled toentirely empty each new load more easily and effectively than if themeat was pressed again st a metallic or other hard cylinder having adiameter equal, or nearly equal, to that of the scrapers.

To the inner face of wall A is attached a curved rib, a.

I I are cam-shoulders, with one of which each scraper is provided onthat edge which moves along the wall A.

When the shaft G is rotated, the scrapers will, in turn, be thrown backupon their hinges by the contact of the cams I with the rib a, so

that they will be opened to their widest extent when they pass the mouth0, at which point they are charged with meat. After passing this mouth 0they are gradually closed toward the shaft. forcing the meat through thenozzle or exit D into the skins.

From an examination of the drawings, it will be seen that as the casingis divided vertically into two parts, which can be completely andinstantly separated from each other, the operation of cleansing thestutfer is much easier than if said casing were divided horizontally.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is-

two witnesses.

HIRAM J. BAGHTEL.

Witnesses P. S. TOWERS, L. M. DAVIS.

